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Christy’s had a shot at this already, but dang it, this is frickin’ hilarious. When President Obama challenged the Republicans to come up with a FY 2010 budget, after listening to them rant for nearly a month about his proposed budget, this is what happened:
-House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) objected to an abbreviated alternative budget “blueprint” released today — but were told by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) they needed to back the plan, according to several Republican sources.
The argument, which reflects a growing rift in GOP leadership, underscores the trouble the minority party has in mounting unified opposition to President Obama’s $3.7 trillion FY2010 budget proposal.
And so what, at great cost to internal cohesiveness and morale, did Boehner’s faction reveal yesterday? What could have justified the spectacle of watching the Eleventh-Commandment Boys throwing each other under the bus?
Behold, boys and girls, the awesomeness that is the Official House Republican Budget Proposal, distilled from its already-light nineteen pages: "Republicans will be on the side of quality versus mediocrity, affordability versus unsustainable debt, and freedom of care versus bureaucrats in control. And we will be on the side of patients, doctors, and the American people."
Um, except that they don’t have any numbers to back it up. Really and truly. Their budget proposal does not mention how much money they would raise or spend. In fact, it barely mentions money at all — and when it does, it butchers the figures involved. Compare that to the Obama budget outline, which even as an outline comes to 142 pages of hard details, facts and figures. No wonder this thing is being openly and relentlessly mocked all over the place.
So what was the inspiration for this gem of Epic Fail, this laff riot of the month? It has to be none other than the Underpants Gnome episode of South Park from 1998. Trey Parker and Matt Stone should sue.
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PW — is that oblong with the ?????? in it the place where “something happens”?
it really really is their plan pheonix and they WILL trott out “cut taxes”, however they will throw a bone to the middle class in order to get the real tax cuts to the wealthy
and then of course, that will REDUCE the deficit
morons, and as we’ve seen in the last two elections, the public ain’t buying their shit anymore
on the other hand obama is doing their bidding anyway, giving our money to the banks is the same thing as giving tax breaks to the wealthy, it’s just calling it something else
I think they thought the FY in FY2010 stood for “Fuck You,” not Fiscal Year.
oh, I get it; the oblong in the actual plan says “Republican Road to Recovery” – and I actually found a photograph of it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_brick_road
that’s Interstate 00, central Munchkinland.
I think the only number was their plan to reduce income tax level for everyone over $100K to 25%. That means the McShames could save a million a year in taxes. This is a great start/s Can’t wait to see which branches of the govt. they shut down and what their deficits look like.
And I vote for Diaper Dave Vitter to be the GOP spokesbaby for the conservative Underpant Gnomes.
as Rachel’s HuffPo guest explained the other night – the only figures included containted the largest tax cut ever – guess they’ll tell us on Weds (*G*) just where the revenue will come from
the inside baseball types are reporting Boehner’s sh* is sooo bad, gooper Senators are embarassed and quite pissed off
oh, and they’re catty bitches – one of them was heard to say it was nothing but “Pence’s vanity project” ouchie
It is significant that they are going to roll out their budget on April Fools Day
who needs The Onion !
Nate and the kidz have some fun with flowcharts
PW- am still working through your links – forgive me if prev posted
The box with the question marks? I think Glenn Beck, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin and Eric Cantor go in there. End up with some kind of really scary love child.
I missed Pull Up A Chair…. I see PW is doing Pull Out Your Hair! (with Republican budgets) *s*
Good morning from my icy and flower filled Kings River valley.
“instead of a budget they have a crayon drawing of a bald eagle high-fiving jesus.”
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Hey PW. Some company in Japan has come out with a new underwear that can be worn for a week without stinking.
Those are worn when one is stuck in an “undisclosed location” for long periods of time.
Digg in.
I hope someone collects all the graphs that have been snarking the Repub one. There have been a shitload of them.
linkie pees.
Stinky to wearer or, um, check out faces of others in his/her dwindling crowd of former friends.
Publish or
PerishFlush!oh dear. i fear our souffle has fallen and cannot arise.
Here is an article on stink free underwear
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onde…..-japa.html
gee thanks. i’ll take that as the helpful gesture i’m sure it is meant to be. should i pass it on?
somehow strikes me as the apparel equivalent of, “the operation was a success, but the patient died.”
Thought your 18 was asking for a linkie – my bad
no, really, MY bad. i’ve had a long week (insert excuse), and i’ve simply lost my mind. apologies. no snark.
funny.
Yup!
Hugs to everyone! Where’s the coffee?
The operation was a success but the patients friends died
right here, want a cinnamon bun?
What I got a kick out of was that so many people, independently of one another, made the connection to the Underpants Gnomes of South Park.
Oooh, yes, please! Thanks!
Can we officially dub a disastrously ham-handed political policy roll-out as Pulling a Boehner?
-G
Yes, yes, I think we can!
In another time and age, the leaders of the business community would kick out the College Republicans who make up the official party and put some method into the madness. But the business elite seem to be have been infected with the same idiocy, as we can see in the current meltdown and the divorce of executive salaries from any meaningful measure of productivity. It really is the old road-runner routine. They were out their wheeling away in dead air. Odd thing is how long it took before they crashed.
Look behind the sofa. That’s where mine usually turns up.
Bankers forget that the stinking corpses of stinking capitalists make a sweet aroma in the nostrils of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Does not the tree of liberty sob for its natural manure these days?
speaking of bankers:
What’s Going On in Georgia’s Banks? is upstairs
that is one of my alltime favorite things that makes me laugh no matter what–the underpants gnome episode of south park.
season 2, episode 17. back when they used to put ‘things’ in the letters and blackboard around the room during the intro. i used to tape it and slow-mo it to read the hidden jokes.
gnomes 22min.
http://www.xepisodes.com/episodes/217/Gnomes.html
completely worth your 20 minutes. are many themes in this episode. tweets’ parents have a coffee shop being taken over by a corp. the boys are doing cramming to do a report, tweets’ mom gives them ‘country fresh’ coffee and it goes on from there.
back when south park was hilarious.
thanks, pw. i forgot about it. and the site i linked has all of the old episodes.
In the actual document it says “Repubican Road to recovery” in the rectangles. Or words to that effect.
The Underpants Gnomes episode has been required viewing in every class I’ve taught for the last several years. Nothing else sums up American political discourse so simply.